Idera ACE Program
On March 9th a tweet went out by David Fargo announcing the 2012 Idera ACE’s and my twitter handle was...
2012-03-14
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Blog Posts
Looking for a DBA? Looking for a New Job?
Ryan Recruiter meet Dave DBA…
As a contractor and consultant I get to speak to many agents and recruiters and over...
2012-03-14
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Ownership Chains in SQL Server
Someone asked the question recently about allowing a user to run a process,but not execute the individual pieces of the...
2012-03-14
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SQL Lunch Rescheduled
Due to a few scheduling conflicts the SQL Lunch scheduled for tomorrow as been rescheduled. The event will be on March...
2012-03-14
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SQL Lunch Rescheduled
Due to a few scheduling conflicts the SQL Lunch scheduled for tomorrow as been rescheduled. The event will be on...
2012-03-14
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SQL Saturday 103 Recap
SQL Saturday 103 was in Curacao, a beautiful Dutch Island in the Caribbean. I was fortunate enough to be able...
2012-03-14
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SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn & A Thorough Setup
It’s surprisingly easy to set up the new AlwaysOn features. I’ve done it on VMs running on my laptop, from...
2012-03-14 (first published: 2012-03-12)
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SQL Server 2012: Tabular Models vs PowerPivot Models
In SQL Server 2012, there is a new data model, called tabular, that is part of the new feature called the...
2012-03-14
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Table Size and Missing FK Indexes
I am bringing an oldie back with another twist. I recently ran into the need to correlate information between a couple of different queries that I like to use....
2012-03-14
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Table Size and Missing FK Indexes
I am bringing an oldie back with another twist. I recently ran into the need to correlate information between a...
2012-03-14
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Blogs
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK Every morning somebody on the team runs the...
A New Word: Mauerbauertraurigkeit
By Steve Jones
mauerbauertraurigkeit – n. inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends whose company...
Methodology for dealing with bad data in production
By Brian Kelley
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad...
Forums
Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
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Fixing P1 Queries
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Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
What is returned? See possible answers